Vintage base ball, Market in the Park July 16

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Three regional teams will play vintage base ball in Dolan Park in Jerseyville Saturday. The St. Louis Brown Stockings, Springfield Long Nine and Alton Giant BBC will play using 1860s rules. There will also be a market and ice cream social. less

Three regional teams will play vintage base ball in Dolan Park in Jerseyville Saturday. The St. Louis Brown Stockings, Springfield Long Nine and Alton Giant BBC will play using 1860s rules. There will also be a ... more

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Three regional teams will play vintage base ball in Dolan Park in Jerseyville Saturday. The St. Louis Brown Stockings, Springfield Long Nine and Alton Giant BBC will play using 1860s rules. There will also be a market and ice cream social. less

Three regional teams will play vintage base ball in Dolan Park in Jerseyville Saturday. The St. Louis Brown Stockings, Springfield Long Nine and Alton Giant BBC will play using 1860s rules. There will also be a ... more

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JERSEYVILLE — It will be a busy day Saturday at Jerseyville’s Dolan Park, with Market in the Park and vintage base ball scheduled.

Market in the Park will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 16 under the shelters at Dolan Park, 300 June Street.

There will also be an ice cream social starting at 10:30 a.m. while supplies last.

Three vintage base ball teams from Alton, St. Louis and Springfield will play a series of games using 1860s rules.

The St. Louis Brown Stockings will play the Springfield Long Nine at 11 a.m., the Long Nine will play the Alton Giant BBC at 12:30 p.m., and the Alton Giant BBC will take on the St. Louis Brown Stockings at 2 p.m.

While very similar, the older rules have important differences from modern baseball. Base ball, as it was called at the time, was a game played by gentlemen, and good manners were expected. Players did not wear gloves, and balls and strikes were generally not called unless the batter (called the striker) appeared to be delaying the game.